@your_phone_archive.txt (2023)
@your_phone_archive.txt is an installation and performative piece about how the mobile phone has become an extension of the human body. Simply a commentary on the trust we hold with technology in 2023.
In collaboration with the general public, we asked strangers for a selfie, recent text messages, notes and iconography from phone software to create personalised digital portraits using Clip Clop, Deepmind Software.
We created a performance to live alongside the portraits. Paying homage to Marina Abramovic, tackling ideas of trust through balance, and using cables to create tension. A beautifully confusing piece that can’t help but provoke humour, reflects a journey in understanding our relationships with personal technology.
Performance, 7 minutes
Upper Street Gallery, London College of Communication
Deepmind Office, Kings Cross
Collaborators:
Alfie Winters
Ava Burns
Rontgen Gu
Cleo Brierley